Improvement in horse-collar pads



A. FOLEY.

HORSE COLLAR PAD.

No. 190,428. Patented m 8,1877.

N. PETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON Ii 04 UITED STATES ANDREWFOLEY, OF ATLANTIC, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHT TO J. J.HARDING AND J. A. MGWAID, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-COLLAR PADS Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 190,428, dated May 8, 1877; application filed February 3,1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW FOLEY, ofAtlantic, in the county of Cass and State 01' Iowa, have invented anImproved Horse- Oollar Pad, of which the following is a speci fication:

The object of my invention is to construct a pad in such a manner thatit will have a rigid concave top and back, that cannot come into contactwith the animals neck, and that will aid in retaining the flexible andselfadjustin g sides of the pad in proper position to fit animals ofvarious sizes, and at all times admit air to circulate under the pad toventilate the animals neck, and thereby prevent chafing. It consists informing a pad of two uniform flexible sides, in such a manner that theywill form an acute angle and have a curved and rigid longitudinal andcentral top rim or back, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 of my drawing is a side elevation of my improved pattern andform of pad. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection view through the line asw of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a complete pad.

Together they fully illustrate the construction and operation of myinvention.

a represents the outside part of one side of my complete pad. It ispreferably a piece of good harness-leather; butany suitable flexiblematerial may be substituted for the leather. It has straight sides and acurved or concave top edge. The bottom is scalloped, but may be straightor curved, as desired. b b (shown in Figs. 2 and 3) is a piece ofsheep-skin, cloth, or other suitable flexible material, corresponding insize and shape with the part a, secured as a lining on the insides ofthe pieces a, by stitching them together around their edges, or in anysuitable way. They may be padded and cushioned, or hair or othersuitable filling may be stuffed between the parts a and b.

When two sides of a pad are thus separately formed they are then joinedtogether at their curved top edges by stitching, riveting, or in anysuitable way to form a rigid concave back in the top and center of thepad.

0 is a metal rim, clamped and riveted over the curved top edge of thejoined sections, to protect the leather from wear, and to aid in keepingthe concave back of the complete pad entirely rigid. d d representloops, riveted or otherwise secured on the outside of the pad, toconnect the pad with the horsecollar and to keep it in proper place.

In the practical operation of my improved pad the respective flexiblesides a. b will readily spread apart, or close together, and adjustthemselves on the necks of different ani-' and the rigid back of thepad. Ventilation is thus always provided and chafing the animals fleshis thereby prevented.

The concave in the back 0, together with its stiffness, aids in keepingthe complete pad in a central position relative to the collar andtheharness-hames by keeping their fastenings from slipping from the pad;and the complete pad. by thus keeping all parts in proper place,provides comfort and protection to the animal, prevents chafing, orallows chafed and sore necks to heal.

I am aware that metal pad-trees have been used to preserve a vacantspace between the animals neck and the pad. and that two uniformflexible sides of a pad have been formed concave on their top edges toform a concave back. But I claim that my manner of clamping the concavetop edges together with a rigid and concave metal binding-plate and backto retain an acute angle between the two flexible sides, and to therebykeep the pad away from the top edge of the animals neck, and provideventilation for it at all times, and also to form a metal bearing forthe collar and hame fastenings, to thereby preserve the leather of thepad from wearing off, is a new and valuable improvement.

I claim as my invention- As an improved article of manufacture, a-

horsecollar pad having two uniform flexible sides, a 1), formed concaveat their top edges, said edges being joined together by a rigid metallicclamping-plate, a, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

' ANDREW FOLEY. Witnesses:

H. F. SHARP, (J. E. MARKS.

